Ireland handed tough draw in Hockey World League
Ireland's men team have been handed a tough draw in Pool B of the Rabobank Hockey World League in Rotterdam.
Ireland's men team have been handed a tough draw in Pool B of the Rabobank Hockey World League in Rotterdam.
The Republic of Ireland Women's U19s team's UEFA Championship dreams ended in bitter disappointment today after losing their final group game to title holders Sweden in the Netherlands.
Republic of Ireland Under-21 team manager Noel King is focusing on the future when his side hosts the Netherlands at Tallaght Stadium on lunchtime today.
Debutant Aiden O'Brien claimed a double as the Republic of Ireland Under-21s surged to an impressive 3-0 friendly victory over the Netherlands.
Republic of Ireland under-21 manager Noel King has announced a 21-man squad for the upcoming friendly international against the Netherlands in Tallaght Stadium.
Jan Philipp Rabente was the unlikely hero as he scored twice as Germany successfully defended their Olympic title with a 2-1 victory over The Netherlands.
The Netherlands dished out a 9-2 thrashing to Britain in their semi-final to advance to the men's Olympic hockey final against defending champions Germany.
Defending champions the Netherlands beat New Zealand 3-1 in a penalty shootout on Wednesday to reach the women's Olympic hockey final.
World champions Argentina eliminated Britain's women with a 2-1 defeat and will fight over hockey gold with reigning Olympic champions the Netherlands.
Britain won team show jumping gold on Monday after a tie-breaking jump-off with silver medallists the Netherlands while Saudi Arabia captured a bronze.
Arsene Wenger has reiterated his desire for Robin van Persie to remain at Arsenal despite the bidding war taking place over the Netherlands striker.
Louis van Gaal has been appointed as manager of the Netherlands until the 2014 World Cup, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has announced.
The Netherlands and Russia has secured the final two places in women's beach volleyball at the Olympics.
Netherlands winger Arjen Robben has hinted dressing room unrest undermined their Euro 2012 challenge which ended last night following a third successive defeat.
With Germany almost assured of their place in the quarter-finals, Portugal, Denmark and Netherlands have all to play for.
Cristiano Ronaldo inspired Portugal's passage into the quarter-finals with two goals that ended the Netherlands' dismal participation at Euro 2012.
Text commentary on what happened between Netherlands and Germany in Group B.
Mario Gomez's first-half double sent Germany to the brink of the Euro 2012 knockout stages with a 2-1 win over Holland, whose own hopes of reaching the last eight now hang by a thread.
Germany's second group game defeats in the past two tournaments should act as a warning when they face Netherlands in their Euro 2012 Group B match on Wednesday in Kharkiv, according to team manager Oliver Bierhoff.
Denmark survived a sustained assault by the Netherlands to emerge with a 1-0 victory in their opening Euro 2012 Group B game on Saturday.